Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery is delighted to present new works by David Griggs in Mankini Island, a fictional place invented by the artist. Laden with metaphorical codes and psychedelic visuals, Mankini Island invites us to imagine, to connect, and to evoke a visceral emotional
response. Eight times Archibald Prize finalist, Griggs creates vibrant,
energetic paintings that exhume the raw undercurrents of society and
human conditions. Griggs is known for his bold anarchistic approach,
drawing on personal experience, political imagery, popular culture and
art history.

Griggs' major survey exhibition BETWEEN NATURE AND SIN recently toured Australia from 2017 - 2019. The artist has exhibited extensively
throughout Australia and South East Asia, including notable exhibitions
at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney; Heide Museum of
Modern Art, Melbourne; Blacktown Arts Centre, Institute of Modern Art,
Brisbane; Artspace Sydney; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney and
Manila Contemporary, Philippines.

Griggs has been selected as finalist in the 2007, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 Archibald Prizes. His work is held in major
museum collections in Australia as well as important corporate and
private collections internationally, including the Queensland Art
Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane; Museum of Contemporary Art
Australia, Sydney; University of Queensland, Brisbane; Powerhouse
Museum, Sydney; Tamworth Regional Gallery, NSW; Casula Powerhouse Arts
Centre, NSW; and the Joyce Nissan Collection, Melbourne.

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